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		<title>WBEZ&#8217;s Curious City brings its inquisitive audience into the reporting action</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/11/wbezs-curious-city-brings-its-inquisitive-audience-into-the-reporting-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lapin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From exploring underground tunnels to tracking the evolution of the Chicago accent, Curious City is an unconventional spin on community-based public media reporting. <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/11/wbezs-curious-city-brings-its-inquisitive-audience-into-the-reporting-action/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tavis Smiley: It&#8217;s time to start walking the walk of service to minority communities</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/11/tavis-smiley-its-time-to-start-walking-the-walk-of-service-to-minority-communities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/11/tavis-smiley-its-time-to-start-walking-the-walk-of-service-to-minority-communities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Torey Malatia’s argument against “advocacy journalism” — leveled at <em>Smiley &#038; West</em> after Chicago's WBEZ carried the program for two years — is merely a weapon of mass distraction from the real issue. <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/11/tavis-smiley-its-time-to-start-walking-the-walk-of-service-to-minority-communities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: WBEZ&#8217;s Malatia says public media must revitalize open, civic discourse in our communities</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/11/public-media-must-revitalize-open-civic-discourse-in-our-communities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/11/public-media-must-revitalize-open-civic-discourse-in-our-communities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a pluralistic America, public media is a central resource for promoting inclusiveness in civic engagement. This misson-based role has become even more important in today’s broadcast and digital media environment, in which content is tailored exclusively to audiences based on their ideology and beliefs. <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/11/public-media-must-revitalize-open-civic-discourse-in-our-communities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Smiley &amp; West lands on two Chicago stations; town hall planned with Amy Goodman</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/11/smiley-town-hall-planned-with-amy-goodman/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/11/smiley-town-hall-planned-with-amy-goodman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Janssen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two commercial radio stations in Chicago have picked up the weekly Smiley &#38; West show after it was dropped from WBEZ, the city’s public radio news outlet. WCPT, a progressive talk station, began airing the show Sunday, Nov. 4 at &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/11/smiley-town-hall-planned-with-amy-goodman/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Punditry, audience declines cost Smiley &amp; West stations</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/10/punditry-audience-declines-cost-smiley-west-stations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/10/punditry-audience-declines-cost-smiley-west-stations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Janssen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tavis Smiley is defending the tone and content of his weekly public radio show <em>Smiley &#038; West</em> after Chicago’s WBEZ became the latest and largest-market station to drop it from its schedule. <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/10/punditry-audience-declines-cost-smiley-west-stations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>With new independent film, Ira Glass and TAL dream big</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/08/with-new-independent-film-ira-glass-and-tal-dream-big/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/08/with-new-independent-film-ira-glass-and-tal-dream-big/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lapin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA['Sleepwalk With Me,' is the program's latest (and biggest) attempt to break into the movie business. <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/08/with-new-independent-film-ira-glass-and-tal-dream-big/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Aronson promoted at Frontline, NPR Board elections, Lapin joins Current, and more&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/08/aronson-promoted-at-frontline-npr-board-elections-lapin-joins-current-and-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/08/aronson-promoted-at-frontline-npr-board-elections-lapin-joins-current-and-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhys Heyden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The promotion, announced during the Television Critics Association Press Tour last month, was widely reported as an indication that Aronson will succeed founding Executive Producer David Fanning atop PBS’s investigative news centerpiece.  <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/08/aronson-promoted-at-frontline-npr-board-elections-lapin-joins-current-and-more/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Carole Nolan, led WBEZ’s bid for independence</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/07/carole-nolan-led-wbezs-bid-for-independence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/07/carole-nolan-led-wbezs-bid-for-independence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carole Nolan, who founded WBEZ-FM in Chicago at a time when few women held top management jobs in public broadcasting, died July 5 of complications from muscular sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease. She was 80. In 1971, as director of telecommunications &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/07/carole-nolan-led-wbezs-bid-for-independence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NPR hires two reporters, WXXI news director rappels down 21 stories, and more&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/06/people-in-public-media-june-11-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/06/people-in-public-media-june-11-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhys Heyden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leila Fadel, Cairo bureau chief for the Washington Post, signs on as NPR’s Cairo-based correspondent in July. She covered the Iraq War for almost five years and won a George Polk Award in 2007 for her reporting from Baghdad. She &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/06/people-in-public-media-june-11-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NewsHour picks up Bellantoni, WBEZ personnel changes, and more&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/01/bellantoni-to-oversee-all-newshour-political-coverage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/01/bellantoni-to-oversee-all-newshour-political-coverage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhys Heyden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bellantoni to oversee all &#60;em&#62;NewsHour&#60;/em&#62; political coverage PBS NewsHour has a new political editor as of Jan. 2. Christina Bellantoni of CQ Roll Call oversees the newsroom’s political coverage on-air and online, including political analysis, elections and personalities. Her predecessor, &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/01/bellantoni-to-oversee-all-newshour-political-coverage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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